Saraf Mahnaz

“Beware the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.”
― Ben Okri, A Way of Being Free

“If you try to forgive from a place of judgement, you will find it difficult. But coming from a place of compassion and acceptance makes forgiveness come effortlessly. If you choose to believe that everyone is doing the best that they can, given their unique circumstances – their childhood, their parents, their life experiences – and weaknesses, and that we all inevitably get things wrong and make mistakes, you quickly realize there is nothing to actively forgive. You move beyond it. Forgiveness happens naturally.”
― Rangan Chatterjee, Make Change That Lasts (B&W Illustrations): 9 Simple Ways to Break Free from the Habits That Hold You Back

“We undervalue health if we have not recently experienced illness.

We undervalue wealth if we have not recently experienced poverty.

We undervalue kindness if we have not recently experienced cruelty.

What might you be undervaluing right now?”
― James Clear

“Mastery is the best goal because the rich can't buy it, the impatient can't rush it, the privileged can't inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work. Mastery is the ultimate status.”
― Derek Sivers, How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion